Purchase your key safe

A key safe is a simple, low cost solution to managing your keys. Here are 5 good reasons why should consider buying a key safe

Many people leave spare keys with neighbours in case or emergencies. Although this provides a solution for keeping your spare keys safe and in the vicinity, it does not guarantee that access to your keys is possible. For example what if your neighbours are on holiday ? What if you need your spare keys during the day when your neighbours are at work ? You go out for evening, arrive home at 2am and realise you have lost your keys .. do you wake the neighbours ?

With a key safe installed at the property, you are always able to access your keys when ever you need them.

School age children and keys are not a good combination. In my own experience, children always take their house key to school with them except when it is needed and that is the day the left it at home in another school bag. Children also have a tendency to lose things, and keys are no exception.

With a key safe the key is always in place ready for when it is needed. If your child forgets the code, they can ring you and ask.

Home care is a rapidly growing requirement as the poulation ages.

Initially companies were happy to hold clients keys but the issues around key management quickly made this a major issue. If for example an emplyee had 5 appointments in a morning and left with 5 keys, then had a family emergency and had to go home, recovering those keys becomes a major problem. And what if they lost a key ? ....

it was quickly found that having each customers key kept at their property, under the control of the customer was a much better solution.

Most care companies now insist on a key safe being fitted at the property.

Key management for holiday homes has traditionally been a major headache.

Not only are key required for visitors (either family or paying guests) but also for people working at the property wether that be cleaners, a handyman, the gardener etc ....

A key safe gives all of these people easy access to the property and more. If you give guests access to the property via the keysafe, then ask them to replace the keys in the key safe and use another key placed in the house, then a spere key is always available to them should they lose a key while out walking or at a restaurant etc...

Lost keys are expensive and time consuming to replace. The cost of entering the property without a key can be even worse.

With mid range key safes costing around 100.--, the key safe is a good investment compared to the cost of a broken window if you have to gain access after losing a key, or the cost of having multiple keys created.

A new innovation, the car key safe auto is a traditional keybox with a special fixing kit which allows it to be securely attached to a car window.

The car key safe auto is easy to use, it has a changeable code and can be mounted on the car (and removed when not in use) in seconds.

The car key safe is a popular tool for business and private use. No longer do you need to hide your keys under the car or on top of the tyre, store them safely in you car key safe auto.

Magnetic cases designed to hold a key have been on the market for some time. However Kidde, also known as Supra, have taken this to a new level with the Access Point Magnetic, their magnetic keysafe.

This new variation of keybox with code, is much smaller than most other models and it is lighter. Made of tough plastic it has a three digit wheel combination and has a very strong magnet built in to the rear of the magnetic keybox.

Designed to be hidden in a postbox or behind a metal water pipe (or any other metal surface), the magnetic keysafe is a popular choice for those who do not want to install a permanent keysafe.

Since its inception the key box has been a very popular, cost effective way of managing keys either at home or in the business environment.

Many people, however, have not been able to install a keybox as they are not able to make the necessary fixings in the wall required by traditional key safe.

The keybox for postbox is a popular way of avoiding this problem. The keysafe for postbox is installed simply and quickly using appropriate strong glue (supplied with the keysafe for postbox) to attach it to the inside of the post box.

We recommend two keysafe for postbox, the budget masterlock mlk5401 and the mid range Supra S5. Each keysafe for postbox have there advantages and disadvantages but both as well adapted to being installed in this manner.